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On 30 September 2017, the day of Dussehra, Bajrang Dal organised a ‘show of strength’ in Dasna Devi Temple in Ghaziabad, where a dozen people were seen firing guns in the air. The video went viral and police registered a case in the issue for breaching the conditions of arms license.
The caretaker of Dasna Devi Temple, is Mahant Narsimhanand Saraswati. The Quint interviewed him in 2015 as a part of a documentary, The Wild West of Uttar Pradesh: Rise of the Hindu Fringe. In this interview, Narsimhanad had shared his Islamophobic believes with us.
Dasna Devi temple is situated in Mansuri area of Ghaziabad, which has a history of communal tension. In 2012, during a communal clash in the area, six people were killed and a police station was burnt.
Have the authorities and state government ignored the Mahant for too long?
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